Is a summary necessary on a resume? The short answer is: Absolutely not!<\/p>\n
\u201cNo paragraph should ever lead your resume!” warns J.T. O’Donnell, LinkedIn Influencer<\/a> and founder of Work It DAILY. \u201cIt does not get read.” This is especially true if you plan to write an \u201cobjective” statement about yourself such as: \u201cI’m a high-achieving top performer with outstanding and incredible skills\u2026”<\/p>\n This is a huge no-no, according to J.T. \u201cI get the same answers all the time from recruiters\u2014they don’t like [summary statements],” she says. \u201cIn fact, it’s like double nails on a chalkboard to a recruiter to see [them].”<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Studies<\/a> show that you have six seconds to make an impression with your resume<\/a>. According to J.T., recruiters will scan your resume in a Z-pattern (left to right across the top fold, down across the page, and over). In those six seconds, they have to decide if they’re going to keep reading. So, what are they going to be drawn to on a resume?<\/p>\n Bold textText with white spaceSimplified text<\/p>\n \u201cI cringe when I see people waste valuable space in the top fold of their resume with this big, long summary paragraph,” says J.T. \u201cDo not do it!”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instead of struggling to write your resume, learn how to properly format it for success. This includes changing your top fold from a summary or objective statement to an experience summary, which is a list of 6-8 hard or transferable skills needed for the specific job you’re applying for. Also, don’t forget to quantify your work experience<\/a> so your resume stands out from the competition!<\/p>\n If you want to learn more about how to do this, we can help.<\/strong><\/p>\n Become a member<\/a> today and UNLEASH your true professional potential.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is a summary necessary on a resume? The short answer is: Absolutely not! \u201cNo paragraph should ever lead your resume!” warns J.T. O’Donnell, LinkedIn Influencer and founder of Work It DAILY. \u201cIt does not get read.” This is especially true if you plan to write an \u201cobjective” statement about yourself such as: \u201cI’m a high-achieving… Read More »Is A Summary Necessary On A Resume?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why A Resume Summary Doesn’t Work<\/h3>\n
What To Do Instead<\/h3>\n